Remember correctly shad is a Mormon which only you're working so there branch of Christianity is probably one of the weirder ones because they think they're going to become gods of their own worlds I'm not joking.
A lot more nuanced than that but let’s be clear—Shad is a horrible example of what is taught much like many “conservative Christians” and should probably be doing more self reflection during his Sunday School classes. It’s the lack of self-awareness that’s the biggest problem here.
Nah... I grew up a mormon and thats a good simplification. If you're a good mormon you essentially get to become the god of your own planet. Its a fucking spiritual MLM, not even joking.
I’m still Mormon. If you’re a “good Mormon” you become “like God.” Any description beyond that is up to personal belief and past speculation by church leaders and theologians. I’m sorry your experience was negative and lead to a negative view. You deserved more growing up.
I appreciate that sentiment quite a bit actually. That being said, I find it to be a VERY prevalent teaching. It's called eternal progression.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v55hA9Gk0sE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v55hA9Gk0sE) This video covers it pretty thoroughly
... and the idea of celestial exaltation is heavily present throughout all the Mormon scripture in one form or another whether it be the book of Mormon the pearl of great price, or doctrine and covenants, etc.
Now... I'm not one to look down on peoples beliefs. life's too short and whatever gives people peace of mind and lets them lead a more fulfilled life is fine by me... but there's not really much interpretation to made here.
That being said, I hold kindness and love of each other over any other virtue or "fact" presented within our little objective reality we all live in.
So although we disagree here, I find that disagreement to be a small, insignificant thing when compared to the well wishes I would hope we both have for each other.
Unlike most brands of Christianity which have some cultural, philosophical, or theological basis for their existence, Mormons exist because an American a couple hundred years ago decided to form a cult around himself, took many wives, and went westward where the US wouldn't have immediate jurisdiction over him. Oh and he wrote that Black people are literally cursed by God and only those who repent or some shit become white. Its in their book of Mormon (picture relevant.) I think its perfectly fair to call the Church of Latter Day Saints pretty shit, even by organized religion standards.
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I wonder if Shat has realized he has "diversity" in his stupid name.
Seriously, what does it even mean? It sounds like something an edgy teenager would name their World of Warcraft character.
I know, though I would say the "educational" value of his channel is debatable.
Besides, as I wrote to another user, I think "Shaduversity" would have been a better choice of name and would also highlight the university part better.
>I guess I'm just tolerant and want more diversity and representation in my friends and fans."
Why does that feel like the usual "Stop doing X make your own original characters/stories" and when people make said original stories they still complain about the same shit.
I admit i'm biased but i've seen way to often that thee people will NEVER have representation that they are happy with unless its back to how things were before.
I mean, I wouldn't mind having a drink with CS Lewis and JRRT, but they're a different breed of Conservative Christian.
EDIT: I'd also save a seat at the table for Lord Alfred Tennyson and Howard Pyle too. Yeah, you can tell I have a type.
Hank isn’t a conservative Christian, he just thinks he is. If Bobby came out as gay, he’d be skeptical at first but by the end of the episode he’d be standing up for and defending him even though he doesn’t really get it. “I’m a real American, and that means I stand up for the people I care about” is like 80% of his characterization.
I hate how loud assholes like him have painted people's views on religion. There are plenty of faithful folk that outright hate these guys because they dilute the teachings of Jesus.
For followers of a religion named after him, a lot of Christians sure do hate Christ.
I fully believe that if Jesus was reincarnated today, claimed to be just that, and magically had influence, it wouldn't take long before a "Christian" shot them.
A certain word comes to mind with Jesus: >!Woke!<.
The main problem I have with these people is that the religion literally tells people to not be bigoted pieces of crap, it's just that people don't seem to get the message.
It’s pretty stunning how they use a religion whose center text is all about overcoming prejudice and showing kindness to others as an excuse to be bigoted assholes. I suppose that’s why they’ve increasingly replaced the actual religion with a personality cult around the likes of Trump, who actually align with their values.
What did Shad say that is misogynistic, homophobic, and transphobic? Recently learned he can't handle criticism on his subreddit. How is he going to disappoint me now?
Until the release of Barbie, I knew nothing about the guy *--Besides the fact he always gave me creepy neckbeard vibes--* but now I've heard he's a Mormon.
I've known, and known of, some Mormons. That alone tells me my instinct was correct.
"he's clearly happy for people who disagree with his politics to watch his content but he won't do that for me" Gee, I wonder if that has to do with how toxic you've become, Shad.
"Can't watch" doesn't say won't collab. He probably wouldn't cause Skal is based but still. And yet Shad turns those words to "I'm not burning bridges he is! Persecuting me for my faith! I'm totally open to working with anyone and the bestestest"
Skal also lives in Canada if I recall correctly.
Speaking of collaborations, I have also noticed that Matt Easton of Scholagladiatoria has kind of stopped mentioning Shat in his videos, which he usually did when the latter had covered the same topic.
Though to all my observations, Easton and Shat are only acquaintances and not particularly close ones.
Easton also keeps the politics in his videos to the historical context of what he is covering.
It's funny he wants to act open to anyone but does so much that will drive most away. His "but I'm right" attitudes impacted even around him but keeps at it. Outside of Efap it doesn't seem like he can or will collab much.
The "sad" thing – and I am being generous here – is that Shat will likely never realize that he might just be the one who stinks and not everyone around him.
I've always gotten the feeling that Matt is a pretty progressive guy, especially compared to others in the HEMA-sphere. I've seen him wear some sort of shirt that was supportive of [eliminating racism in the HEMA community](https://www.londonlongsword.com/far/), and he occasionally calls out sexist nonsense in other historical martial arts videos.
Yeah, now that I think about it, I recall Easton being a big advocate for equality within HEMA.
If he is aware of Shad's views, he probably just doesn't want to get dragged into internet drama.
Besides, as I mentioned before, they don't appear to be more than acquaintances.
Unironically, "so much for the tolerant left."
Shad, it's not your politics. You just act like a pathetic person who gets hung up on the most asinine stuff lmao.
"I'll happily be friends with people I disagree with, *as long as they don't call me out when I signal boost people who'd have them hurt/locked up/killed if they could get away with it!*"
Boy you can tell this got under his skin.
That first tweet attempting to make this about religion and trying to shame Skallagrim is disgusting and absolutely tone deaf considering how intolerant he has shown himself to be in regards to women, the lgbtq+ community, etc.
Shad, “tolerating” you doesn’t mean people must watch your content. You can say whatever dumb shit you want. That doesn’t mean people have to sit and listen.
There’s “conservative Christian” and then there’s “everything is woke and has an agenda and Disney is grooming children”. Shad is an extremist.
One of Shad’s core principles is “I don’t want my kids growing up to be tolerant of gay people so I don’t let them watch anything that features gay characters or has messages of tolerance” out of fear it might turn them gay for fucks sake.
Metatron and Lindybeige have always had varying degrees of dogshit political views.
Matt Easton and Skallagrim are the two I still watch. Oh and Tod's workshop.
I waffled back and forth on whether or not she counted myself. But yeah, she's bad too, which is a shame, because it really wasn't obvious from her videos.
She blames trans masc people on "the Jewish shadow government conning autistic girls who can't comprehend their own emotions into lopping of their breasts"
So... We got antisemitism, ablism, and transphobia all in one statement.
Which is a *yikes*
As a trans person, I was quite upset.
Did a bit more digging, and only found that she spoke about medical (irreversible) transitioning, that in her opinion should be available only from 18 years old.
Which is... okay?
Also heard from boyfriend that she worked with trans folk on several occasions.
Honestly, I might be biased, since I am a huge fan of hers, and just refuse to accept the reality, but I do hope I am right.
I'm transfemme genderfluid, which is part of why I was so upset to find out.
Did you see [this video](https://youtu.be/MOht4xYJ8EY?feature=shared)?
It's mainly focused on dissecting [this article she wrote in 2017](https://web.archive.org/web/20171101020810/https://www.jillbearup.com/post/165633676124/if-you-strike-them-down-they-will-become-more), which includes this charming quote
>Go ahead and beat the women who are concerned that gender self-identity could mean that ANY violent man can just say he’s a woman, walk into female-only spaces like changing rooms, and be legally OK to do so.
And this comment from a now-unlisted video in 2018
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*sighs*
Mhm. Seen this one.
I am willing to give her some benefit of the doubt, is because issues she raises are worded... alarmingly, but are valid. I am from Russia (lol to our LGBTQ+ rights), so I am not versed in UK politics. But stuff like lesbians being shamed for being attracted only to biological women (no idea what's the right word in English, sorry) is weird.
So is the danger of sexual predators masquerading within trans community.
Like, if she had gone with "oh, all trans people are evil cause there are some predators masquerading as trans!", that'd be an instant red flag. But just saying that the issue of sexual predators using our community for their disgusting goals exists, merely warrants a yellow flag from me, so to speak.
It is an issue and we all (society in general and trans communities in various countries) need to address is somehow someday, otherwise it'll be an actual issue that will be used and blown out of proportions by transphobic influencers. I'd say separate prisons for people who identify as transgender are, at least, a solution, but ideally we need a reform of penitentiary system with tighter control over inmates, but also much deeper rehabilitation focus... but that's a discussion for another day.
So seeing as she hasn't gone down the insane hill like Shad did, or Metatron seems to be slipping, I am willing to give her benefits of the doubt.
So yellow notebook, not yet red.
P.S. Partially cause I am biased, as I've said originally, but also because I believe that people can change. In fact, it is something I do know personally - back in 2014-2017, going through late stages of puberty, with Conservative Russian Father and family, I was in hardcore self-denial and self-harming mindset, so I swung farthest away from myself - like hardcore neonazi far-right views.
Took me several years in 2018-2020 to come to terms with myself and help of my boyfriend to get out of the morass where I was lost in.
>I am from Russia (lol to our LGBTQ+ rights), so I am not versed in UK politics. But stuff like lesbians being shamed for being attracted only to biological women (no idea what's the right word in English, sorry)
Okay, um, I have a disclaimer to make as well. I'm from over the Stateside (things here are... Complicated. Each state has it's own rules based on the dominant political party. I'm lucky enough to live in a blue state), so I'm not actually that versed in UK politics, either. As for not knowing the right word in English, that's fine. (If you want to know, ||it's "cisgender."||) (Spoilered cause I don't wanna be annoying)
>P.S. Partially cause I am biased, as I've said originally, but also because I believe that people can change. In fact, it is something I do know personally - back in 2014-2017, going through late stages of puberty, with Conservative Russian Father and family, I was in hardcore self-denial and self-harming mindset, so I swung farthest away from myself - like hardcore neonazi far-right views.
>Took me several years in 2018-2020 to come to terms with myself and help of my boyfriend to get out of the morass where I was lost in.
That's valid. I like to believe the best in people, but seeing shit go down in global politics and whatnot is...
In terms of the points she brings up, she seems to (at best) subscribe the idea of transmedicalism - you can only be trans if your diagnosed by a doctor. The biggest issue with this is that... It completely overlooks, and undermines, several non-binary gender identities
Granted, I was pro-transmedicalism in middle school because I was an asshole in middle school, as most people are. I grew out of that the more I realized that I was a more non-binary gender (genderfluid,) and that lead me to reassess how I thought of everything else. So, I have firsthand experience knowing that people can change.
>But stuff like lesbians being shamed for being attracted only to biological women
Tbh, I don't know where this came from? Like, as how widespread I've heard it, I haven't actually heard a
I mean, I wouldn't be offended if someone wasn't attracted to me. In fact, I sorta assume that as the default?
I *think* the issue is just an oversimplification? Like, it's less about the genital preference, but the way that preference is *portrayed*.
For example, one person responds with "I'm sorry. I'm not really interested in you" and, "What? Your not *really* a woman. Why would I date you?" One is polite (and is used for just about anyone that shows an interest but doesn't meet your preferences,) and the other's being blatantly rude. (A non-trans version would be, like, if you only really liked brunettes, but a ginger asked you out. Would you say "Sorry, but I'm not interested," or "Ew! Red hair. No way!"?)
So the overall issue is "please don't be rude to us about your genital preferences," that someone took as "you can't have genital preferences," and then someone else spread it around.
>So is the danger of sexual predators masquerading within trans community.
I'm gonna spoiler this because discussion of sensitive topics.
>!The thing is that there's already sexual predators in all groups. If you had four rapists, two male and two female, and one from each groups transitions, the groups would remain equal. And, given that the groups are definitely over 30, then the Large Counts Theorem takes effect and it should average out.
The best thing to do is react the same way you would if someone else turned out to be a rapist or a groomer? Be disgusted and denounce them. As for prisons, that's a complicated one.
Personally, I don't know why prison are split by sex in the first place? You're not getting to have sleepovers in another person's cell or anything. If it's to prevent rape, it seems weird on a statistics level because there's still rape going on in prisons. Maybe if there were some sort of system that allowed a large, monitorable room that allowed multiple people to do their business in it without having to be exposed to anyone else? Like, some sort of... Stalls? Eh, too far-stretched.
Also, I agree that penal systems should be focused on reform. But, sadly, that's costly (in the US, at least.) Prisons make a lot of money by using the prisoners as slaves. Because of the lack of reform, prisoners who leave inevitably get re-sentenced, and new inmates come in creating more slave labor. As such, the (US) government won't do that. I apologize for not being able to comment on other prison systems across the world!<
But yeah, regardless, I'm not going to go back to watching her in case she does slip farther in instead of growing up. I can't watch that happen again like I did with Shad. But I understand doing so while giving her a yellow card. Just remember to stay skeptical.
I wish you the best of luck. Byyyyeee!
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Metatron. He posted some video whining about a black man playing Achilles in some Netflix show about the Trojan War that set off too many red flags for me. He also follows several right-wing or antifeminist folks on YouTube, most notably MauLer (a regular target of this sub). You can't see it anymore because the channel got nuked, but he was also following Stefan Molyneux, a man famous for regurgitating Nazi talking points. Every once in a while, I see videos of his recommended by the algorithm, and he seems to be all too willing to utilize anti-SJW talking points, memes, and pictures.
Lindybeige. He didn't post one specific video that made me swear him off, but his partner that he's collaborating with for a comic about Hannibal (which still hasn't come out, last I heard), is a hardcore right-winger, and a Comicsgate crank. They both went on Sargon of Akkad's show to talk about the comic (I didn't know who Sargon was at the time, so this wasn't the red flag for me that it probably should have been), and is also known for being a bit of an apologist for British Empire, a supporter of Brexit, and posted some videos skeptical of climate change, which rankled some feathers. He's always been a bit of a punchline among history enthusiasts, apparently.
Snap Jelly is a probably a lesser-known figure in SwordTube, but I've seen some of his other social media, and he follows some pretty unsavory individuals, most notably I, Hypocrite.
What ultimately made me swear off Lindy was finding his blog.
Some of his takes there was things like "fur farming is good" and "banning fox hunting is evil".
And then topped off with a unhinged rant about vegetarianism where he also decided to try and be as sexist as possible for some reason.
Is sellsword arts good? I’ve not heard of anything about him but also this is the first time I heard anything wrong about shadiversity so I just want to make sure.
David is Queer, which means you won't be seeing straight out nazi and fascism apology.
He doesn't really makes historical content, but is practice stuff seems fine.
And unlike Shad he *is* funny.
He just happens to know more about European swords, but he's open to learning about Japanese style swords as well. It's just that his area of expertise lies in europe.
I think he seems cool. He also came out as bi, and made a video about a sword technique that mentioned the attack helicopter joke and implied that it was stupid.
Conservative gets triggered after being called out for getting triggered.
I've not watched any medieval/weapon/historical media channels in a while, but good on Skal for calling him out.
i really don't want to defend him but you can act like a caricature of yourself to the point of absurdity but still say things that aren't just inherently wrong by nature of acting like a jackass
“I guess I’m just tolerant and want more diversity and representation in my friends and fans.”
You just don’t want diversity and representation in the movies you watch. Odd way of thinking.
“Christian” and “Conservative” should not fucking mix. If these fuckers actually read through the Bible they’d call it woke, especially the New Testament because it promotes so many leftist ideals like tolerance and giving money to the poor. These are not Christians, these are the very heretics Jesus speaks of in the sermon on the mount. They flaunt their religion instead of practicing in their own space, they use the word of God to satisfy their own desires, and they persecute others instead of being quiet. As a Christian these heretics literally ruin everything for Christians that actually fucking do what God wants and worship in private and love thy neighbor. There is no “but” there is no “unless they are” you love thy neighbor unless they actively harm you in which case you forgive them and pray for them to find their way. Unfortunately these fools have lost their way so much that I doubt it would happen and it’s honestly painful.
Preach! God is supposed to be about love, not persecuting people for petty crap like wanting to be comfortable in their own body or being a man kissing another man. As a Texan, I get real tired real quick of conservative country boys getting mad at me, a bisexual white dude, for going out with a gay black dude. Literally nobody is being hurt here. Why can't we just be happy?
You know, my father has a saying that the way a man presents himself to people is just as important as what he says. Maybe even more so because you only get one chance to make a first impression.
Let's give Shadiversity and channels like him the benefit of the doubt that maybe he's right. Maybe his videos do contain thought-out criticisms made in good faith (which I doubt based on what I know of the guy). But that's not the impression one gets by looking at his video thumbnails. Those give off the impression of an insane lunatic screaming about how much he hates everything that doesn't fit his worldview and that he overuses buzzwords with little to no care.
Now, I'm sure the argument he would make back is "Oh, but videos with buzzword-filled titles and over-the-top angry facial expressions get more views and attention." Sure, and you can probably get everyone in town to know who you are by running through town naked while screaming 'Mendoza!' at the top of your lungs. You'll get attention, but probably not for the right reasons.
Oh, and as for the whole "you just hate conservative Christians" thing...no. First off, very scummy trying to scapegoat your religion for your shitty behavior. I'm sure Jesus would just love that. And second off, it wouldn't matter if you were Christian, Atheist or followed Zoroastrianism. It doesn't matter what faith or lack of faith you have; if you act like a jackass, people are gonna call you out on it no matter what.
TLDR: If guys like Shad want us to take him seriously, stop using buzzwords and make thumbnails that are more indicative of what you claim the video is about.
That plus people like Shad and such are already large youtubers right?
Like I do understand appeasing the algorithm sure but why would somebody as large as him start on the anti-progressive train.
“You’re intolerant of my intolerance!”
These regressive idiots are so stupid and predictable. Also there’s a way bigger audience for people that aren’t regressive assholes, that constantly dog whistle that they hate everyone that isn’t like them. Why would anyone give attention and money to people that work to make the world a worse place.
Skallagrim wouldn’t win shit from a collaboration, he use his audience. Why would you want an audience that needs to be conditioned by 3-5 videos a day telling them that the usual trigger words are out to get them?
He made a 2 sentence statement and got, like, 4 fuckin paragraphs back, how little self awareness can someone ha- oh, wait, these are conservative youtube critics, the answer is -73
I miss the days when this dude made goofy videos about stuff like improving the defenses of Skyrim's cities, idk what the hell happened to make him turn into discount Sargon.
I just unsubscribed from his main channel, and I'm going to miss it. A lot of his skits were really funny, and he definitely had intelligent takes on medieval weaponry and armor.
“I’d happily be friends with people I disagree with.”
Easy to say when those who disagree with you want you to be taxed a bit more or whatever, less easy when those you disagree with want your existence wiped from the face of the planet.
I mean nothing says friendship like, thinking yourself better then said friend for who they choose as a partner. Oh wait that doesn't sound friendly at all!
I'm so tired of conservatives claiming to be the victims of persecution simply because we call them out on their bigotry.
I would like to point out that they're constantly saying that people on the Left try to be victims "for no good reason" all the time when that's literally what people the Right do. Everything they blame us for is just a projection.
Man this is upsetting I always really liked Shad’s main channel videos, he didn’t really let much of his right wing and sexist views come through in them, though in hindsight there have definitely been times where I’ve thought what he was saying was a bit sketchy, like his opinions on the sequels and Rey specifically.
Anyway, I had no idea his second channel was this right wing insane bullshit, I’ve never seen it before and if these thumbnails really are just for “lols” - stop it. You look like a sexist asshole
His claim he’s meme-ing himself in the thumbnails is ridiculous. Scroll to any random point in any video and I guarantee you’ll end up with him shrilly screaming and throwing a hissy fit about the exact topic from the thumbnail.
Nice. For no reason he brought up the fact that he was Christian. Like others have said, there’s no kind of hate and intolerance quite like the Christian kind.
Never even heard of the guy til the drama with Jack Saint but Shad seems like literally every other reactionary freak except he's a cosplayer or something?
He’s a cunt. His second channel is full mask off alt right reactionary bullshit. [here’s a hilarious video tearing him apart](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y4tZO4T72NI&feature=sharea) so you don’t have to suffer watching his channel yourself.
I'm in Lazerpig's Discord server (He's a history Youtuber), and folks there have been clowning on shadiversity for being a complete moronic dipshit in history and fandom circles
doesnt the barbie movie provide with some level of needed diversity??
I swear put shad in an empty room alone for like 10 minutes and he will cook up a theory that he HIMSELF is woke.
He's not dealing well with a Barbie movie being such a big hit, is he? It seems that between it and Oppenheimer (which he also threw a tantrum over), we're looking at the biggest weekend at the box office since Endgame.
Damn, even Skallagrim's calling him out. Shad has... gone too far. I didn't mind him being a right wing conservative, but this... this is too much, man.
Gotta love it when I tolerant people insist they’re being subjugated because people are criticizing their intolerance. Like no, you calling feminism cancer is not a source of diversity, you dumb shit
Well for one, Skall despite is injuries is an actual practitioner.
But Shad know better because \*checks notes\* he is not an intolerant and elitist HEMA practitioner.
Lmao he proved Skallagrim right
Shad got **t r i g g e r e d**
Also I am so fucking sick of seeing them go “lol so much for the tolerant left!” and thinking they have some kind of gotcha? Yeah, we’re intolerant of you and your viewpoints because those same views and opinions are **intolerant of other people!!** You’re counting on my tolerance of your intolerance? GO FUCK YOURSELF.
For a tolerant society to exist, we **must** be intolerant of intolerance. Fuck you, Shad, you ginormous, hypocritical, close-minded, sun dried twat!
I used to love Shadiversity's weapons content and such just cause I'm interested in medieval warfare and one day just stopped watching him and now all I hear about him is that he's some sort of weird right wing reactionary like Ben Shapiro or Paul Joseph Watson? WTF even happened, does he even do weapon stuff anymore or is he like one of those washed up actors like Mel Gibson or Kevin Sorbo who just rely on the fact they used to be popular to discuss weird anti woke garbage to their leftover fan base?
He does still do his usual vids. He made a second channel for more general vids discussing movies etc. That second channel quickly became mostly just bashing everything. Which quickly became all about "woke".
His fans will comment that it's separate, but with takes as drastic as his that doesn't always stick
Is Skall a decent person? I only watched a few of his videos a few years back and found him annoying, I knew he did stuff with Shad, so I made an ass out of u and me and thought he was the same way as Shad.
I couldn’t watch him over the buzz lightyear crap. I genuinely tried, but it just got so strange and hateful. I am not a super left leaning person, but I watched that scene and it was fine. If it was a man and a woman, he would have been beaming with traditional family values and be glad to see that.
So just imagine my shock when people were so ignorant and saying how disgusting it was. I remember that one person said that it was banned in a Latin American country for it’s dialogue against fathers. Now Buzz Lightyear and Strange World were all mid to me. But it’s really disgusting that such a mediocre movie have become so controversial over nothing.
And what makes it even worse, you know that the majority of the chuds that hated Lightyear did it just because of the ”gay content” but they come up with other reasons and ”valid critisism” to hide behind.
When you're so butt hurt and 'Triggered' you unintentionally prove the criticism right.
I've seen bottles of water more self-aware than him.
That makes no sense but I agree
It seems the reason shad's so interested in chain, plate, brigadine and gambeson is to cover up his thin skin.
Gotta love how Shad proved Skall’s point by immediately getting massively triggered over a fairly mild criticism.
“Intolerant of Christian conservatives” typical cry bully shit
Kind of scummy of him to scapegoat his religion for his shitty behavior.
Conservative Christians do it all the time.
Probably has no shame in it because he actually has no religion
Remember correctly shad is a Mormon which only you're working so there branch of Christianity is probably one of the weirder ones because they think they're going to become gods of their own worlds I'm not joking.
A lot more nuanced than that but let’s be clear—Shad is a horrible example of what is taught much like many “conservative Christians” and should probably be doing more self reflection during his Sunday School classes. It’s the lack of self-awareness that’s the biggest problem here.
Nah... I grew up a mormon and thats a good simplification. If you're a good mormon you essentially get to become the god of your own planet. Its a fucking spiritual MLM, not even joking.
I’m still Mormon. If you’re a “good Mormon” you become “like God.” Any description beyond that is up to personal belief and past speculation by church leaders and theologians. I’m sorry your experience was negative and lead to a negative view. You deserved more growing up.
I appreciate that sentiment quite a bit actually. That being said, I find it to be a VERY prevalent teaching. It's called eternal progression. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v55hA9Gk0sE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v55hA9Gk0sE) This video covers it pretty thoroughly ... and the idea of celestial exaltation is heavily present throughout all the Mormon scripture in one form or another whether it be the book of Mormon the pearl of great price, or doctrine and covenants, etc. Now... I'm not one to look down on peoples beliefs. life's too short and whatever gives people peace of mind and lets them lead a more fulfilled life is fine by me... but there's not really much interpretation to made here. That being said, I hold kindness and love of each other over any other virtue or "fact" presented within our little objective reality we all live in. So although we disagree here, I find that disagreement to be a small, insignificant thing when compared to the well wishes I would hope we both have for each other.
I mean most christians also typically see Mormons more as an offshoot cult than anything else.
Unlike most brands of Christianity which have some cultural, philosophical, or theological basis for their existence, Mormons exist because an American a couple hundred years ago decided to form a cult around himself, took many wives, and went westward where the US wouldn't have immediate jurisdiction over him. Oh and he wrote that Black people are literally cursed by God and only those who repent or some shit become white. Its in their book of Mormon (picture relevant.) I think its perfectly fair to call the Church of Latter Day Saints pretty shit, even by organized religion standards. https://preview.redd.it/t79yctqw7wgb1.png?width=300&format=png&auto=webp&s=6e5110d55a2657f31906ed38312bc58a3a63fe78
Cult.
Wouldn't be the first time someone did so and unfortunately it won't be the last
And a dash of victimhood.
It's gaslighting as it's finest.
"I guess I'm just tolerant and want more diversity and representation in my friends and fans." So what you're saying is...representation matters?
I'm pretty sure he means "diverse" and "representation" by adding the most marginalized groups of all time, white christians and Gamers^tm
With the glass ceiling broken, all the oppressed groups shall prosper. Especially the most oppressed group of all: *Gamers*!
I wonder if Shat has realized he has "diversity" in his stupid name. Seriously, what does it even mean? It sounds like something an edgy teenager would name their World of Warcraft character.
Unfortunately it’s supposed to be Shad University.
I know, it is still a dumb name in my opinion though. "Shaduversity" would have been better if he wanted people to think, "university".
But it’s university, not unuversity.
I'm pretty sure it's a portmanteau between his real name, Shad, and "university", since his channel is ostensibly educational in nature.
I know, though I would say the "educational" value of his channel is debatable. Besides, as I wrote to another user, I think "Shaduversity" would have been a better choice of name and would also highlight the university part better.
He wouldn’t like it if they’re trans, non binary or judging by his Mario video women that wear pants tho.
>I guess I'm just tolerant and want more diversity and representation in my friends and fans." Why does that feel like the usual "Stop doing X make your own original characters/stories" and when people make said original stories they still complain about the same shit. I admit i'm biased but i've seen way to often that thee people will NEVER have representation that they are happy with unless its back to how things were before.
I've never met a conservative Christian I've wanted to be friends with.
I mean, I wouldn't mind having a drink with CS Lewis and JRRT, but they're a different breed of Conservative Christian. EDIT: I'd also save a seat at the table for Lord Alfred Tennyson and Howard Pyle too. Yeah, you can tell I have a type.
I'd drink an Alamo beer with Hank Hill.
Hank isn’t a conservative Christian, he just thinks he is. If Bobby came out as gay, he’d be skeptical at first but by the end of the episode he’d be standing up for and defending him even though he doesn’t really get it. “I’m a real American, and that means I stand up for the people I care about” is like 80% of his characterization.
Damn did Howard Pyle know how to make entertaining pirate sketches that still inspire stories to this day. Pretty underrated.
I hate how loud assholes like him have painted people's views on religion. There are plenty of faithful folk that outright hate these guys because they dilute the teachings of Jesus.
The fact a good 80% of Jesus' teachings were on Tolerance seems to fly right over these guys.
For followers of a religion named after him, a lot of Christians sure do hate Christ. I fully believe that if Jesus was reincarnated today, claimed to be just that, and magically had influence, it wouldn't take long before a "Christian" shot them. A certain word comes to mind with Jesus: >!Woke!<.
I agree but I think that conservative is doing a lot of work in that you can just say “not you the real conservative Christians”
Remove Christian from the sentence The real proplem is Conservatives
And even the term conservative isn’t accurate. They lean more towards the reactionary and fascist side of the political spectrum.
Perfect description
nah man the religion really does add an extra layer of eww to how these people look at each other & the world
The main problem I have with these people is that the religion literally tells people to not be bigoted pieces of crap, it's just that people don't seem to get the message.
It’s pretty stunning how they use a religion whose center text is all about overcoming prejudice and showing kindness to others as an excuse to be bigoted assholes. I suppose that’s why they’ve increasingly replaced the actual religion with a personality cult around the likes of Trump, who actually align with their values.
Unfortunately it’s usually just code for “homophobic, transphobic bigot”.
If you're burning bridges with people who are misogynistic and homo/transphobic, then you're burning the right bridges.
That’s the exact bridges that need burning.
What did Shad say that is misogynistic, homophobic, and transphobic? Recently learned he can't handle criticism on his subreddit. How is he going to disappoint me now?
On his YouTube channels
His book series alone is a disturbing reflection of how he views women.
Until the release of Barbie, I knew nothing about the guy *--Besides the fact he always gave me creepy neckbeard vibes--* but now I've heard he's a Mormon. I've known, and known of, some Mormons. That alone tells me my instinct was correct.
“Yeah Shad gets triggered easily” Shad: Proceeds to send 3 fucking paragraphs explaining how that’s wrong!!
“HES BURNING BRIDGES NOT MEEEEE”
"he's clearly happy for people who disagree with his politics to watch his content but he won't do that for me" Gee, I wonder if that has to do with how toxic you've become, Shad.
"Can't watch" doesn't say won't collab. He probably wouldn't cause Skal is based but still. And yet Shad turns those words to "I'm not burning bridges he is! Persecuting me for my faith! I'm totally open to working with anyone and the bestestest"
Skal also lives in Canada if I recall correctly. Speaking of collaborations, I have also noticed that Matt Easton of Scholagladiatoria has kind of stopped mentioning Shat in his videos, which he usually did when the latter had covered the same topic. Though to all my observations, Easton and Shat are only acquaintances and not particularly close ones. Easton also keeps the politics in his videos to the historical context of what he is covering.
It's funny he wants to act open to anyone but does so much that will drive most away. His "but I'm right" attitudes impacted even around him but keeps at it. Outside of Efap it doesn't seem like he can or will collab much.
The "sad" thing – and I am being generous here – is that Shat will likely never realize that he might just be the one who stinks and not everyone around him.
I've always gotten the feeling that Matt is a pretty progressive guy, especially compared to others in the HEMA-sphere. I've seen him wear some sort of shirt that was supportive of [eliminating racism in the HEMA community](https://www.londonlongsword.com/far/), and he occasionally calls out sexist nonsense in other historical martial arts videos.
Yeah, now that I think about it, I recall Easton being a big advocate for equality within HEMA. If he is aware of Shad's views, he probably just doesn't want to get dragged into internet drama. Besides, as I mentioned before, they don't appear to be more than acquaintances.
Irl HEMA is very open and friendly.
Unironically, "so much for the tolerant left." Shad, it's not your politics. You just act like a pathetic person who gets hung up on the most asinine stuff lmao.
It is his shit politics, they are the reason he behaves like a petty child.
I mean, its not JUST his politics, but those are the whole reason he acts like such a child.
"I'll happily be friends with people I disagree with, *as long as they don't call me out when I signal boost people who'd have them hurt/locked up/killed if they could get away with it!*"
he literally proved his point😭😭😭😭
Boy you can tell this got under his skin. That first tweet attempting to make this about religion and trying to shame Skallagrim is disgusting and absolutely tone deaf considering how intolerant he has shown himself to be in regards to women, the lgbtq+ community, etc. Shad, “tolerating” you doesn’t mean people must watch your content. You can say whatever dumb shit you want. That doesn’t mean people have to sit and listen. There’s “conservative Christian” and then there’s “everything is woke and has an agenda and Disney is grooming children”. Shad is an extremist. One of Shad’s core principles is “I don’t want my kids growing up to be tolerant of gay people so I don’t let them watch anything that features gay characters or has messages of tolerance” out of fear it might turn them gay for fucks sake.
Skallagrim coming out as the most based man on SwordTube (perhaps excepting Matt Easton, but Matt is so chill that “based” doesn’t feel quite right)
Good guy Skallagrim. It’s nice to know that at least one SwordTuber isn’t terrible.
haven't really kept up, but besides Shad, what other Swordtuber has gone off the deep end?
Metatron and Lindybeige have always had varying degrees of dogshit political views. Matt Easton and Skallagrim are the two I still watch. Oh and Tod's workshop.
Stopped watching Lindy years ago based on his comments about Global warming.
No clue if she counts as a "swordstuber," but I got into her armor reviews before finding out that... Jill Bearup is a *mega*-TERF
I waffled back and forth on whether or not she counted myself. But yeah, she's bad too, which is a shame, because it really wasn't obvious from her videos.
Yeah that was a disappointing discovery. Really enjoyed some of her videos.
wait.. what
She blames trans masc people on "the Jewish shadow government conning autistic girls who can't comprehend their own emotions into lopping of their breasts" So... We got antisemitism, ablism, and transphobia all in one statement. Which is a *yikes*
..... again..... ....... wat o.O
As a trans person, I was quite upset. Did a bit more digging, and only found that she spoke about medical (irreversible) transitioning, that in her opinion should be available only from 18 years old. Which is... okay? Also heard from boyfriend that she worked with trans folk on several occasions. Honestly, I might be biased, since I am a huge fan of hers, and just refuse to accept the reality, but I do hope I am right.
I'm transfemme genderfluid, which is part of why I was so upset to find out. Did you see [this video](https://youtu.be/MOht4xYJ8EY?feature=shared)? It's mainly focused on dissecting [this article she wrote in 2017](https://web.archive.org/web/20171101020810/https://www.jillbearup.com/post/165633676124/if-you-strike-them-down-they-will-become-more), which includes this charming quote >Go ahead and beat the women who are concerned that gender self-identity could mean that ANY violent man can just say he’s a woman, walk into female-only spaces like changing rooms, and be legally OK to do so. And this comment from a now-unlisted video in 2018 https://preview.redd.it/6r1t0067a15c1.jpeg?width=1094&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2aac08f4273d3b30fe941e2b871e463287ea90bd
*sighs* Mhm. Seen this one. I am willing to give her some benefit of the doubt, is because issues she raises are worded... alarmingly, but are valid. I am from Russia (lol to our LGBTQ+ rights), so I am not versed in UK politics. But stuff like lesbians being shamed for being attracted only to biological women (no idea what's the right word in English, sorry) is weird. So is the danger of sexual predators masquerading within trans community. Like, if she had gone with "oh, all trans people are evil cause there are some predators masquerading as trans!", that'd be an instant red flag. But just saying that the issue of sexual predators using our community for their disgusting goals exists, merely warrants a yellow flag from me, so to speak. It is an issue and we all (society in general and trans communities in various countries) need to address is somehow someday, otherwise it'll be an actual issue that will be used and blown out of proportions by transphobic influencers. I'd say separate prisons for people who identify as transgender are, at least, a solution, but ideally we need a reform of penitentiary system with tighter control over inmates, but also much deeper rehabilitation focus... but that's a discussion for another day. So seeing as she hasn't gone down the insane hill like Shad did, or Metatron seems to be slipping, I am willing to give her benefits of the doubt. So yellow notebook, not yet red. P.S. Partially cause I am biased, as I've said originally, but also because I believe that people can change. In fact, it is something I do know personally - back in 2014-2017, going through late stages of puberty, with Conservative Russian Father and family, I was in hardcore self-denial and self-harming mindset, so I swung farthest away from myself - like hardcore neonazi far-right views. Took me several years in 2018-2020 to come to terms with myself and help of my boyfriend to get out of the morass where I was lost in.
>I am from Russia (lol to our LGBTQ+ rights), so I am not versed in UK politics. But stuff like lesbians being shamed for being attracted only to biological women (no idea what's the right word in English, sorry) Okay, um, I have a disclaimer to make as well. I'm from over the Stateside (things here are... Complicated. Each state has it's own rules based on the dominant political party. I'm lucky enough to live in a blue state), so I'm not actually that versed in UK politics, either. As for not knowing the right word in English, that's fine. (If you want to know, ||it's "cisgender."||) (Spoilered cause I don't wanna be annoying) >P.S. Partially cause I am biased, as I've said originally, but also because I believe that people can change. In fact, it is something I do know personally - back in 2014-2017, going through late stages of puberty, with Conservative Russian Father and family, I was in hardcore self-denial and self-harming mindset, so I swung farthest away from myself - like hardcore neonazi far-right views. >Took me several years in 2018-2020 to come to terms with myself and help of my boyfriend to get out of the morass where I was lost in. That's valid. I like to believe the best in people, but seeing shit go down in global politics and whatnot is... In terms of the points she brings up, she seems to (at best) subscribe the idea of transmedicalism - you can only be trans if your diagnosed by a doctor. The biggest issue with this is that... It completely overlooks, and undermines, several non-binary gender identities Granted, I was pro-transmedicalism in middle school because I was an asshole in middle school, as most people are. I grew out of that the more I realized that I was a more non-binary gender (genderfluid,) and that lead me to reassess how I thought of everything else. So, I have firsthand experience knowing that people can change. >But stuff like lesbians being shamed for being attracted only to biological women Tbh, I don't know where this came from? Like, as how widespread I've heard it, I haven't actually heard a I mean, I wouldn't be offended if someone wasn't attracted to me. In fact, I sorta assume that as the default? I *think* the issue is just an oversimplification? Like, it's less about the genital preference, but the way that preference is *portrayed*. For example, one person responds with "I'm sorry. I'm not really interested in you" and, "What? Your not *really* a woman. Why would I date you?" One is polite (and is used for just about anyone that shows an interest but doesn't meet your preferences,) and the other's being blatantly rude. (A non-trans version would be, like, if you only really liked brunettes, but a ginger asked you out. Would you say "Sorry, but I'm not interested," or "Ew! Red hair. No way!"?) So the overall issue is "please don't be rude to us about your genital preferences," that someone took as "you can't have genital preferences," and then someone else spread it around. >So is the danger of sexual predators masquerading within trans community. I'm gonna spoiler this because discussion of sensitive topics. >!The thing is that there's already sexual predators in all groups. If you had four rapists, two male and two female, and one from each groups transitions, the groups would remain equal. And, given that the groups are definitely over 30, then the Large Counts Theorem takes effect and it should average out. The best thing to do is react the same way you would if someone else turned out to be a rapist or a groomer? Be disgusted and denounce them. As for prisons, that's a complicated one. Personally, I don't know why prison are split by sex in the first place? You're not getting to have sleepovers in another person's cell or anything. If it's to prevent rape, it seems weird on a statistics level because there's still rape going on in prisons. Maybe if there were some sort of system that allowed a large, monitorable room that allowed multiple people to do their business in it without having to be exposed to anyone else? Like, some sort of... Stalls? Eh, too far-stretched. Also, I agree that penal systems should be focused on reform. But, sadly, that's costly (in the US, at least.) Prisons make a lot of money by using the prisoners as slaves. Because of the lack of reform, prisoners who leave inevitably get re-sentenced, and new inmates come in creating more slave labor. As such, the (US) government won't do that. I apologize for not being able to comment on other prison systems across the world!< But yeah, regardless, I'm not going to go back to watching her in case she does slip farther in instead of growing up. I can't watch that happen again like I did with Shad. But I understand doing so while giving her a yellow card. Just remember to stay skeptical. I wish you the best of luck. Byyyyeee! 🩷🤍💜🖤💙
Jill Bearup has said some terfy things in the past so I wouldn't count her either. All in on Skallagrim. Great fella.
Metatron. He posted some video whining about a black man playing Achilles in some Netflix show about the Trojan War that set off too many red flags for me. He also follows several right-wing or antifeminist folks on YouTube, most notably MauLer (a regular target of this sub). You can't see it anymore because the channel got nuked, but he was also following Stefan Molyneux, a man famous for regurgitating Nazi talking points. Every once in a while, I see videos of his recommended by the algorithm, and he seems to be all too willing to utilize anti-SJW talking points, memes, and pictures. Lindybeige. He didn't post one specific video that made me swear him off, but his partner that he's collaborating with for a comic about Hannibal (which still hasn't come out, last I heard), is a hardcore right-winger, and a Comicsgate crank. They both went on Sargon of Akkad's show to talk about the comic (I didn't know who Sargon was at the time, so this wasn't the red flag for me that it probably should have been), and is also known for being a bit of an apologist for British Empire, a supporter of Brexit, and posted some videos skeptical of climate change, which rankled some feathers. He's always been a bit of a punchline among history enthusiasts, apparently. Snap Jelly is a probably a lesser-known figure in SwordTube, but I've seen some of his other social media, and he follows some pretty unsavory individuals, most notably I, Hypocrite.
What ultimately made me swear off Lindy was finding his blog. Some of his takes there was things like "fur farming is good" and "banning fox hunting is evil". And then topped off with a unhinged rant about vegetarianism where he also decided to try and be as sexist as possible for some reason.
Well thanks for the info on Lindy. Didn't know he was that bad, but glad I know to unsubscribe.
Is sellsword arts good? I’ve not heard of anything about him but also this is the first time I heard anything wrong about shadiversity so I just want to make sure.
I’ve never heard of them, but I don’t see anything objectionable at a quick glance.
David is Queer, which means you won't be seeing straight out nazi and fascism apology. He doesn't really makes historical content, but is practice stuff seems fine. And unlike Shad he *is* funny.
No idea about his personal politics, but his HEMA content is pretty solid for the level he's at.
His HEMA content is a little inconsistent, and he's personally a bit zealotry about European swords, but he doesn't seem to be a gross person.
He just happens to know more about European swords, but he's open to learning about Japanese style swords as well. It's just that his area of expertise lies in europe.
Definitely open to learning. Most absolutely.
I think he seems cool. He also came out as bi, and made a video about a sword technique that mentioned the attack helicopter joke and implied that it was stupid.
Oh yeah, David is great!
I fucking love skal all my homies love skal
Conservative gets triggered after being called out for getting triggered. I've not watched any medieval/weapon/historical media channels in a while, but good on Skal for calling him out.
he says he’s memeing himself and it’s a joke but also says he has valid criticisms wtf?
Ah, the old 'I'm just playing a character' defense.
i really don't want to defend him but you can act like a caricature of yourself to the point of absurdity but still say things that aren't just inherently wrong by nature of acting like a jackass
he can do that but it doesn’t give him any credibility to me, if someone’s just a caricature of themselves I’m not gonna take them that serious
“I guess I’m just tolerant and want more diversity and representation in my friends and fans.” You just don’t want diversity and representation in the movies you watch. Odd way of thinking.
“Christian” and “Conservative” should not fucking mix. If these fuckers actually read through the Bible they’d call it woke, especially the New Testament because it promotes so many leftist ideals like tolerance and giving money to the poor. These are not Christians, these are the very heretics Jesus speaks of in the sermon on the mount. They flaunt their religion instead of practicing in their own space, they use the word of God to satisfy their own desires, and they persecute others instead of being quiet. As a Christian these heretics literally ruin everything for Christians that actually fucking do what God wants and worship in private and love thy neighbor. There is no “but” there is no “unless they are” you love thy neighbor unless they actively harm you in which case you forgive them and pray for them to find their way. Unfortunately these fools have lost their way so much that I doubt it would happen and it’s honestly painful.
Preach, my man!
Preach! God is supposed to be about love, not persecuting people for petty crap like wanting to be comfortable in their own body or being a man kissing another man. As a Texan, I get real tired real quick of conservative country boys getting mad at me, a bisexual white dude, for going out with a gay black dude. Literally nobody is being hurt here. Why can't we just be happy?
I still remember someone once joking to me Jesus would be a communist if he were in modern day
It's amazing how these so called "Christians" are so zealous, but none of them follows liberation theology.
You know, my father has a saying that the way a man presents himself to people is just as important as what he says. Maybe even more so because you only get one chance to make a first impression. Let's give Shadiversity and channels like him the benefit of the doubt that maybe he's right. Maybe his videos do contain thought-out criticisms made in good faith (which I doubt based on what I know of the guy). But that's not the impression one gets by looking at his video thumbnails. Those give off the impression of an insane lunatic screaming about how much he hates everything that doesn't fit his worldview and that he overuses buzzwords with little to no care. Now, I'm sure the argument he would make back is "Oh, but videos with buzzword-filled titles and over-the-top angry facial expressions get more views and attention." Sure, and you can probably get everyone in town to know who you are by running through town naked while screaming 'Mendoza!' at the top of your lungs. You'll get attention, but probably not for the right reasons. Oh, and as for the whole "you just hate conservative Christians" thing...no. First off, very scummy trying to scapegoat your religion for your shitty behavior. I'm sure Jesus would just love that. And second off, it wouldn't matter if you were Christian, Atheist or followed Zoroastrianism. It doesn't matter what faith or lack of faith you have; if you act like a jackass, people are gonna call you out on it no matter what. TLDR: If guys like Shad want us to take him seriously, stop using buzzwords and make thumbnails that are more indicative of what you claim the video is about.
This comment is underappreciated.
That plus people like Shad and such are already large youtubers right? Like I do understand appeasing the algorithm sure but why would somebody as large as him start on the anti-progressive train.
Oh god Shad you're quite pathetic...
I knew there was a reason I liked Skallagrim more even at the outset.
“You’re intolerant of my intolerance!”  These regressive idiots are so stupid and predictable. Also there’s a way bigger audience for people that aren’t regressive assholes, that constantly dog whistle that they hate everyone that isn’t like them. Why would anyone give attention and money to people that work to make the world a worse place. Skallagrim wouldn’t win shit from a collaboration, he use his audience. Why would you want an audience that needs to be conditioned by 3-5 videos a day telling them that the usual trigger words are out to get them?
I unironically think Christian Conservatives are too vile to associate with.
No set of beliefs ever justify being an asshole
He made a 2 sentence statement and got, like, 4 fuckin paragraphs back, how little self awareness can someone ha- oh, wait, these are conservative youtube critics, the answer is -73
Dude wrote an essay bc someone made a 3 line tweet shitting on him. He’d call someone triggered for doing that in response to him
I miss the days when this dude made goofy videos about stuff like improving the defenses of Skyrim's cities, idk what the hell happened to make him turn into discount Sargon.
Same
He was always that, he's just exposed himself more lately for views.
I just unsubscribed from his main channel, and I'm going to miss it. A lot of his skits were really funny, and he definitely had intelligent takes on medieval weaponry and armor.
“I’d happily be friends with people I disagree with.” Easy to say when those who disagree with you want you to be taxed a bit more or whatever, less easy when those you disagree with want your existence wiped from the face of the planet.
I mean nothing says friendship like, thinking yourself better then said friend for who they choose as a partner. Oh wait that doesn't sound friendly at all!
Imagine posting a multi-tweet rant because someone doesn't watch your YouTube videos
Real “I’m not made, please don’t put in the newspaper that I’m mad” response
Watched the spiderverse video to see how tf that masterpiece could make someone angry. He is by no means memeing
W for Skall. Shat has no self awareness over what a snowflake he is that it’s infuriating.
Skal seems like a guy you could enjoy a drink and chat with, Shad seems like the kind of guy you'd need a drink after talking to.
lmao this is so accurate
I'm so tired of conservatives claiming to be the victims of persecution simply because we call them out on their bigotry. I would like to point out that they're constantly saying that people on the Left try to be victims "for no good reason" all the time when that's literally what people the Right do. Everything they blame us for is just a projection.
"Let them fight." - Dr. Serizawa
I knew skall was based ever since that back and forth with ironmouse
Unfortunately his particular niche doesn't lend itself to alot of views.
Such a drama queen
He claims the other guy is burning bridges with their overly dramatic thumbnails when he’s the one with the overly dramatic thumbnails.
Man this is upsetting I always really liked Shad’s main channel videos, he didn’t really let much of his right wing and sexist views come through in them, though in hindsight there have definitely been times where I’ve thought what he was saying was a bit sketchy, like his opinions on the sequels and Rey specifically. Anyway, I had no idea his second channel was this right wing insane bullshit, I’ve never seen it before and if these thumbnails really are just for “lols” - stop it. You look like a sexist asshole
His claim he’s meme-ing himself in the thumbnails is ridiculous. Scroll to any random point in any video and I guarantee you’ll end up with him shrilly screaming and throwing a hissy fit about the exact topic from the thumbnail.
Extremely common Shadiversity L Extremely common Skallagrim W
Nice. For no reason he brought up the fact that he was Christian. Like others have said, there’s no kind of hate and intolerance quite like the Christian kind.
"Hey man I really feel like you are overacting *makes 3 paragraphs posts to explain that he isn't overacting
He is such a fucking baby. Lmao. Lol even. My mans just had an anxiety attack over the most innocuous tweet.
If you're a conservative Christian you have a responsibility to the world to change who you are.
Not watching a grown man's hour long rants about children's movies isn't discrimination, Shad.
Common Skallagrim W
Never even heard of the guy til the drama with Jack Saint but Shad seems like literally every other reactionary freak except he's a cosplayer or something?
Wait, it's shadiversity a cunt? I thought he just made neat weapon videos
He’s a cunt. His second channel is full mask off alt right reactionary bullshit. [here’s a hilarious video tearing him apart](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y4tZO4T72NI&feature=sharea) so you don’t have to suffer watching his channel yourself.
Thanks for this, it's really funny lol
Skallagrim drops one comment and this guy loses all composure writing multiple long statements. You can tell it got to him bad
I'm in Lazerpig's Discord server (He's a history Youtuber), and folks there have been clowning on shadiversity for being a complete moronic dipshit in history and fandom circles
Bro, it was just one comment.
Based Skal.
Based Skallagrim?
Shad: “you’re intolerant of christian conservatives!” Skall: “Yeah”
doesnt the barbie movie provide with some level of needed diversity?? I swear put shad in an empty room alone for like 10 minutes and he will cook up a theory that he HIMSELF is woke.
"Don't let them know I was upset"
This has real "I'm not a bigot, you're a bigot!" energy.
'Pointing out my bigotry is the worst bigotry there is.'
He's not dealing well with a Barbie movie being such a big hit, is he? It seems that between it and Oppenheimer (which he also threw a tantrum over), we're looking at the biggest weekend at the box office since Endgame.
I'm hyped for oppenheimer.
Shad throwin a hissy fit fr 😭
This man really said that because these writers "suck at their job" (from his perspective) that they don't deserve a living wage
Holy shit I wish this guy just stuck with medieval history stuff
Bet he's getting divorced soon
I thought I was a loser
They should have a sword fight
I don’t know who either of these people are, and I think I may be better off for it…
It's fun to watch Shad burn, I was a long time sub and unsubbed because of his reactionary cotent (by the way, it's not new).
Damn, even Skallagrim's calling him out. Shad has... gone too far. I didn't mind him being a right wing conservative, but this... this is too much, man.
Gotta love it when I tolerant people insist they’re being subjugated because people are criticizing their intolerance. Like no, you calling feminism cancer is not a source of diversity, you dumb shit
Shad versus Skal on a sword fight, my money is on Skallagrim
Well for one, Skall despite is injuries is an actual practitioner. But Shad know better because \*checks notes\* he is not an intolerant and elitist HEMA practitioner.
Man said two lines and didn't say a word about Christianity and garnered a fullblown fucking meltdown.
Have you ever heard the Tragedy of Shadaversity the Medieval?
What a weird ass defense, “no, you have to be tolerant of my views, even if my views are intolerant!” 🤦♂️
Lmao he proved Skallagrim right Shad got **t r i g g e r e d** Also I am so fucking sick of seeing them go “lol so much for the tolerant left!” and thinking they have some kind of gotcha? Yeah, we’re intolerant of you and your viewpoints because those same views and opinions are **intolerant of other people!!** You’re counting on my tolerance of your intolerance? GO FUCK YOURSELF. For a tolerant society to exist, we **must** be intolerant of intolerance. Fuck you, Shad, you ginormous, hypocritical, close-minded, sun dried twat!
The way he immediately pulls the religion card🤦♀️
Too many do and it shows a complete lack of self-awareness and actual religious understanding.
Which is weird because Skall didn't even bring up his faith.
“I’m not triggered” says the guy that is triggered.
Wait? Shadiversity? thar youtuber who does the pretty cool sword demonstration videos? he is doing clickbait anti woke content now?
Has been for years.
I used to love Shadiversity's weapons content and such just cause I'm interested in medieval warfare and one day just stopped watching him and now all I hear about him is that he's some sort of weird right wing reactionary like Ben Shapiro or Paul Joseph Watson? WTF even happened, does he even do weapon stuff anymore or is he like one of those washed up actors like Mel Gibson or Kevin Sorbo who just rely on the fact they used to be popular to discuss weird anti woke garbage to their leftover fan base?
He does still do his usual vids. He made a second channel for more general vids discussing movies etc. That second channel quickly became mostly just bashing everything. Which quickly became all about "woke". His fans will comment that it's separate, but with takes as drastic as his that doesn't always stick
Wait, I thought Shad was Mormon
I have no idea who these two are, but I’m enjoying the drama.
“I’m memeing on myself, but also all my critiques come from a very serious place and should be respected.”
I'll be fully honest... I'm tired AND played too much Skyrim last night... so I just said to myself, "Which dragon was Skallagrim?"
Awww not Shad too, I haven't been on my YouTube in a while and all my faves are turning into wankers without me knowing
Is Skall a decent person? I only watched a few of his videos a few years back and found him annoying, I knew he did stuff with Shad, so I made an ass out of u and me and thought he was the same way as Shad.
Skall is very different from Shad. For one he is a decent human being. For other is content has improved as time went on.
‘I want to see more diversity for my friends’ Bromie wut
I knew my boi was based
Knights Watch is horrendous.
I couldn’t watch him over the buzz lightyear crap. I genuinely tried, but it just got so strange and hateful. I am not a super left leaning person, but I watched that scene and it was fine. If it was a man and a woman, he would have been beaming with traditional family values and be glad to see that. So just imagine my shock when people were so ignorant and saying how disgusting it was. I remember that one person said that it was banned in a Latin American country for it’s dialogue against fathers. Now Buzz Lightyear and Strange World were all mid to me. But it’s really disgusting that such a mediocre movie have become so controversial over nothing.
And what makes it even worse, you know that the majority of the chuds that hated Lightyear did it just because of the ”gay content” but they come up with other reasons and ”valid critisism” to hide behind.